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Eruption of Strokkur (Icelandic for "churn"), a fountain geyser located in the Haukadalur geothermal area, southwest of Iceland.

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Sika deer (Cervus nippon) in Halileo's Dacha Nature Reserve, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

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Papaya fruits in a grocery store. Colatina, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

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The Scroll of Eighty-Seven Immortals, drawn by an unknown painter, measuring 30cm high and 292cm wide, is a line-drawing Chinese figure painting. Drawn on a long silk scroll with lines, the painting depicts 87 taoist immortals, including three supreme gods with halo, ten divine generals, seven deities and 67 celestial maidens marching from the right to the left on the bridge. The painting manifests the momentum of the glorious age of Tang Dynasty and was regarded by Xu Beihong as a work of Wu Daozi. Xie Zhiliu ang Chang Dai-chien thought that the painting style of the scroll was simlilar to that in Dung Huang frescoes of later Tang Dynasty and attributed it to Later Tang Dynasty (923–937), while a noted painting and calligraphy connoisseur, Xu Bangda, thought it should be drawn by a Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) painter.

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Rainbow yarn for knitting displayed in front of a needlework shop in Graz, Austria.

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Sanderling (Calidris alba) looking for food on the beach of Westkapelle, Netherlands.

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This technical illustration shows early hot air balloon designs. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on this day in 1783.

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A man in a boat at Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh

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A solitary mangrove tree on the emerald tropical beach. Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean.

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Sparassis crispa in natural habitat. Focus stack of 20 photos.

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Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), Gal Oya Reservoir, Sri Lanka.

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Ice crystals on barbed wire in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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